How to prevent dementia and alzeimer’s disease – drink good wine!

There is loads of press about the dementia epidemic affecting the UK. Yet there is very little constructive advice for people worried about it, and there is virtually no advice on how to prevent or delay it happening to you.

But all the medical evidence is out there. Here is a passage taken from Dr Phil Norrie’s paper on the health benefits of good wine:

“ Antioxidants, especially resveratrol in wine, stimulate a nerve enzyme called Mitogen Activated Protein (MAP) kinase which stimulates nerve cells and helps them regenerate their dendrites or nerve interconnections. Thus Dr. Alberto Bertelli from the University of Milan, the world authority on the subject, states “By daily reinforcing these contacts we can prevent neurodegeneration” (such as dementia and Parkinson’s Disease). He goes on to state this reduction could be as much as 80%.

This is fantastic news, although you will not get those benefits from drinking processed wines such as those found at cheap prices in the supermarkets and multiple retailers. These contain very little natural goodness, but plenty of additives. To get these benefits you need to drink good wines, made naturally.